Janey
Girl · JAY-nee · Hebrew
Janey is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).
What does Janey mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Jane
“God is gracious”
A pet form of Jane, the English feminine form of John.
- Say it
- JAY-nee
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Is Janey a girl's or a boy's name?
Janey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janey in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Janey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Janey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 2 | #5,287 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Janey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Janey, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 1947, with 108 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
2025 had more girls named Janey than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Janey in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 271 girls in the US were given Janey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #880, up from #3,458 for this spelling alone.
Janey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 51 | #3,165 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 57 | #3,016 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 48 | #3,367 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 39 | #3,685 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,586 |
| 2002 | 47 | #3,065 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 43 | #3,165 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 37 | #3,158 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,783 |
| 1994 | 53 | #2,407 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,285 |
| 1992 | 40 | #2,915 |
| 1991 | 53 | #2,382 |
| 1990 | 58 | #2,196 |
| 1989 | 52 | #2,273 |
| 1988 | 59 | #2,007 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,703 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,328 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,720 |
| 1982 | 41 | #2,369 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,409 |
| 1980 | 35 | #2,651 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,724 |
| 1978 | 41 | #2,237 |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,257 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,968 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,456 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,683 |
| 1973 | 38 | #2,094 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,946 |
| 1971 | 40 | #2,064 |
| 1970 | 27 | #2,647 |
| 1969 | 26 | #2,585 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,855 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,921 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,600 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,768 |
| 1964 | 63 | #1,419 |
| 1963 | 70 | #1,319 |
| 1962 | 69 | #1,332 |
| 1961 | 80 | #1,231 |
| 1960 | 62 | #1,392 |
| 1959 | 79 | #1,202 |
| 1958 | 60 | #1,363 |
| 1957 | 87 | #1,123 |
| 1956 | 100 | #1,022 |
| 1955 | 92 | #1,049 |
| 1954 | 83 | #1,075 |
| 1953 | 98 | #953 |
| 1952 | 98 | #934 |
| 1951 | 70 | #1,108 |
| 1950 | 86 | #977 |
| 1949 | 100 | #878 |
| 1948 | 95 | #889 |
| 1947 | 108 | #841 |
| 1946 | 97 | #838 |
| 1945 | 90 | #790 |
| 1944 | 55 | #1,052 |
| 1943 | 54 | #1,086 |
| 1942 | 46 | #1,162 |
| 1941 | 49 | #1,041 |
| 1940 | 42 | #1,114 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,240 |
| 1938 | 43 | #1,091 |
| 1937 | 36 | #1,196 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,165 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,135 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,236 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,634 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,891 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,424 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,727 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,622 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,307 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,840 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,668 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,816 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,481 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,375 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,995 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,480 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,601 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 9 | #778 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
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